cutlassfish

or cut·lass fish

[ kuht-luhs-fish ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) cut·lass·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) cut·lass·fish·es.
  1. any compressed, ribbonlike fish of the genus Trichiurus, having daggerlike teeth.

Origin of cutlassfish

1
First recorded in 1880–85; cutlass + fish

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British Dictionary definitions for cutlass fish

cutlass fish

noun
  1. US another name for hairtail

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